Food companies Heinz and Kraft announced plans on Wednesday to merge to create the fifth-largest food and beverage company in the world — a deal that could potentially have ramifications for 1,200 workers at an Oscar Mayer plant in Madison.

Rock County Judge James Daley, a candidate in the Supreme Court justice election this April, accused his opponent, incumbent Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, of favoring the rights of criminal defendants in a Madison Rotary Club-hosted debate on Wednesday.

A number of outdoors groups including White Tails Unlimited, Wisconsin Trappers Association and Walleyes for Tomorrow, have spoken out against proposed cuts to scientist positions in the DNR. The director of the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation argues these cuts would be bad for anyone who enjoys the outdoors.

Significant changes would be in store for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources under Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed 2015-2017 state budget, but many of the state’s outdoors groups are now pushing back. In a recent letter addressed to the co-chairs of the state’s Joint Committee on Finance, leaders of some...

Matt Rothschild, the former editor and publisher of The Progressive magazine, is making the case that it’s time to rewrite Wisconsin’s outdated campaign finance laws to protect against the corrupting power of political donations. Rothschild, who currently serves as executive director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign , gave testimony before...

Northwestern Wisconsin has the worst local roads in the state, according to a recent report calling on state lawmakers to direct funding from highway megaprojects to local infrastructure. Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group, 1,000 Friends of Wisconsin and the Sierra Club compiled a report using data from the state Department...

Milwaukee's police union is upset with Police Chief Ed Flynn in a dispute tied to the case of Christopher Manney, the former officer who was fired after shooting and killing an unarmed black man in 2014. Union leadership also made a point of urging rank and file officers to work...

Madison groups are working to get dental care to those who often need it most but can least afford it, connecting low-income and homeless people with dentists, all the while diverting patients with tooth problems from emergency rooms.

The two candidates in the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court aren't only seeking votes for themselves. They're also campaigning on opposite sides of a constitutional amendment that will be on the April 7 ballot. The amendment would change the current seniority-based system that determines who will be the chief justice...